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F508CB8A6F736E45872587F900628797 Hearing Summary




PUBLIC
BILL SUMMARY For SB22-087

SENATE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
Date Mar 2, 2022      
Location SCR 357



SB22-087 - Committee Discussion Only


10:56:14 AM  
Senator Fields and
Senator Pettersen, co-sponsors, presented Senate Bill 22-087, which concerns
providing healthy meals to public school students.  The co-sponsors
provided opening comments on the bill and answered questions from the committee.
11:18:49 AM  
Aya Saad-Masri, representing Colorado Youth Congress, testified in support of the bill.
11:23:10 AM  
Emeline Smith, representing Colorado Youth Congress, testified in support of the bill.
11:25:20 AM  
Anoushka Jani, representing herself, testified in support of the bill.
11:26:42 AM  
Daniel Cieraszynski, representing Save the Children Action Network, testified in support of the bill.
11:29:50 AM  
Ana Pumayalli, representing herself as a student at Telluride High School, testified in support of the bill.
11:32:00 AM  
Logan Walsg, representing himself, testified in support of the bill.
11:33:56 AM  
James Hicks, representing himself, testified in support of the bill.
11:36:42 AM  
Marc Jacobson, representing Hunger Free Colorado, testified in support of the bill.
11:39:33 AM  
Jessica Wright, representing Nourish Colorado, testified in support of the bill.
11:42:01 AM  
Cody Ostenson, representing Great Education Colorado, testified in support of the bill.
11:44:05 AM  
Leslie Colwell, representing Colorado Children's Campaign, testified in support of the bill.
11:46:34 AM  
Meighen Lovelace, representing Colorado Blueprint to End Hunger, testified in support of the bill.
11:48:30 AM  
The prior panelists answered questions from the committee.
11:58:51 AM  
Gaby Medina, representing herself, testified in support of the bill. She provided her testimony in Spanish, which was translated into English by Karla Gonzales Garcia.
12:05:50 PM  
Maria Alvarez, representing
Safe and Abundant Nutrition Alliance (SANA), testified to amend the bill.
 She provided her testimony in Spanish, which was translated into
English by Karla Gonzales Garcia.
12:09:23 PM  
Ximena Rebolledo Leon, representing herself, testified in support of the bill.
12:11:36 PM  
Taylor Hubbard, representing herself, testified in support of the bill.
12:13:50 PM  
Rachel Phillips, representing herself, testified in support of the bill.
12:17:18 PM  
Jasmin Rodriguez, Roaring Fork School Board Member, testified to amend the bill.
12:19:36 PM  
Kelly Bowman von Stroh, representing herself, testified in support of the bill.
12:22:06 PM  
Kayla McCarnes, representing herself, testified in support of the bill.
12:25:16 PM  
Derrick Hoffman, representing Hoffman Farms, testified in support of the bill.
12:28:00 PM  
Roberto Meza, representing himself, testified in support of the bill.
12:30:04 PM  
Commander Dean Vidal, representing himself, testified in support of the bill.
12:32:59 PM  
Irving Reza, representing Sugar Moon Mushrooms Farm, testified in support of the bill.
12:36:02 PM  
Chef Ann Cooper, representing Chef Ann Foundation, testified in support of the bill.
12:38:16 PM  
Dan Sharp, representing
himself, testified in support of the bill.  He answered questions
from the committee.
12:40:43 PM  
Cady Frazier, representing Brigaid, testified in support of the bill.
12:42:49 PM  
Edith Mata, representing 9to5 Colorado, testified in support of the bill.
12:49:25 PM  
Haley Anderson, representing the Colorado Council of Churches, testified in support of the bill.
12:51:33 PM  
Christopher Roller, representing the American Heart Association, testified in support of the bill.
12:54:14 PM  
Caroline Nutter, representing the Colorado Fiscal Institute, testified in support of the bill.
12:56:09 PM  
Patience Kabwasa, representing herself and Food to Power, testified in support of the bill.
12:58:35 PM  
Christina Knickerbocker, representing the La Plata Family Centers Coalition, testified in support of the bill.
01:01:44 PM  
Hallie Venaglia, representing the Juniper School, testified in support of the bill.
01:03:36 PM  
Dawn Fritz, representing the Colorado Parent Teacher Association, testified in support of the bill.
01:04:59 PM  
Additional written
testimony submitted can be found as Attachment B.  Senator Bridges
laid the bill over for amendments and final action to a later date.  Senator
Pettersen and Senator Fields provided closing comments on the bill.